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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
3
An authority explains how color affects surface appearance and perceived size. Red provokes aggression for some, blue soothes, yellow enlarges objects, and orange shifts size with red or yellow balance. Green and gray are static unless altered by adjacent hues. Violet can act aggressive or receding based on red or blue content.
The Kudsia Bagh gardens in Delhi were laid out in 1748 by Quddsi Begum, mother of Ahmed Shah. They are well kept and worth a visit though not as grand as Mughal grounds. A ruined gateway once led to Qudsi Begum's palace, with an attached but separate mosque adding historic intrigue.
The Feast of the Banners observes boys in Japan on May 5. Bamboo poles display gaudy paper carp banners blown to life by wind. Colorful pennants and heraldic banners decorate streets as boys parade in festive attire with wooden swords and banners.
A real, graceful compliment to painter Millais came from an American horse breeder who viewed a portrait. After a long silence, the breeder said he feeds his horses each morning from a window they gallop to, and he believes his portrait will draw the same scene.
The Bureau of American Ethnology notes Hopi dolls are clay free and carved from cottonwood branches, treated as playthings rather than deities though linked to rain altars. Apache dolls, often adobe, likely serve similar cultural roles across tribes.
A traditional Jewish note links April Fool's Day to Noah's dove departing from the ark. The custom recalls Noah's deliverance and on the anniversary punishes those forgetting the date by sending them on foolish errands, echoing the dove's ill fated mission from the ark.
The article surveys Native American gambling culture among men and women of all ages. It notes dice with many markings cast from hands cups bowls or baskets and stones. It highlights prayers to deities like the Spider Woman and Twin Brethren as luck is sought and mentions modernizing young players on the Mesa Grande reservation.
The text traces the cockroach origin to India and a Spanish prize ship, noting the black cu carache or wood louse name. It explains roaches thriving in ships, spreading globally with commerce, and new species arising in America and Australia as human activity increases their range.
A Youth's Companion excerpt highlights how Thackeray rarely parades pets in novels unlike Dickens. Lady Ritchie’s published letters reveal cat Solomon’s cheeky feline notes translated from Felinese, joking about purring, missing its owner, and liking the lap only if not purrpendicular.
Milt Bimmes had a narrow escape while working on his water tank bolts slipped and he fell in. He climbed with a rope and overshoes and overcoat on freezing hands, devising a method to free himself by freezing his hands to the rope, blowing breath to loosen, finally reaching the top and continuing his work.
Reginald Denny plays Professor Alec Dupree in a light romance set at old Wyndham College. He pursues funds for the defunct school while wooing Agnes Clevenger, a wealthy widow, in a plucky city caper adapted from Elmer Davis. The Community Theatre screening is slated for Sunday.
In the script Alec woos and finally wins Aggie as cupid ensnares him. Agnes Clevenger is not the only woman to cross his path, and Alec faces multiple romantic setpieces as he navigates love’s practical tricks.
A praise filled review of A Thief in Paradise, adaptation by Frances Marion from The Wordlings, opening with pearl fisheries in China and moving to California. The plot follows a failed man who impersonates another, aided by an Eurasian mistress, leading to love, marriage, and dramatic confrontations with vivid visual scenes and action.
The Community theatre schedules family night on Thursday September 17 with showings of Lost A Wife and Wine. The first features Adolph Menjou and Gret Nissen in a witty elopement tale set in the south of France, while Wine showcases Clara Bow and an all star cast in a jazzy backstage chronicle of love and society.
A lavish production titled The Lady Who Lied debuts at the Community theatre on Sunday September 18. The film showcases grand sets, Venice Grand Canal scenery, bustling interior layouts, and stars such as Lewis Stone Virginia Valli Nita Naldi, with detailed recreations of salons, a lawn fete, and the Elm Tree Inn including a grand mansion facade and multiple intricate interior sets.
A pageant of unusual appeal and drama stars Colleen Moore in Sally to open at the Community Theatre on Tuesday September 22. Also on the bill is William de Mille's Lost a Wife slated for September 15, hinting at themes of marriage power and struggle.
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